Summarizes the findings of a recent Rand Corporation study of teacher collective bargaining in America. Examined were teachers' gains in compensation, teaching conditions, and decision-making power; tactics of teacher groups; and the financial and administrative implications of these trends. (SJL)

This bulletin is published as a much-need service to young men and women considering preparation for teaching. In it they will find information and judgments on duties, requirements, opportunities, satisfactions and annoyances in teaching as a life work. Because essential data has changed, the current report is written to describe the occupation…